Executive Order 8296 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8296—Changing the Name of the Pathfinder Wildlife Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto

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Thursday, November 30, 1939

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1 min read (236 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-11-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Changing the Name of the Pathfinder Wildlife Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 1222), it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ The name of the Pathfinder Wildlife Refuge in Carbon and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, established by Executive Order No.

▪ 7425 of August 1, 1936, is hereby changed to Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

236

1,333 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8296, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 30, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8296-changing-the-name-the-pathfinder-wildlife-refuge-and-adding-certain.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WYOMING By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered as follows: Section 1. The name of the Pathfinder Wildlife Refuge in Carbon and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, established by Executive Order No. 7425 of August 1, 1936, is hereby changed to Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge. Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands in Natrona County, Wyoming, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the said refuge: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 30 N., R. 85 W., sec. 30, lots 1, 2, and 3, E ½ NW ¼ and NE ¼ SW ¼; T. 30 N., R. 86 W., sec. 25, NE ¼. Section 3. The lands herein reserved have been withdrawn for reclamation purposes in connection with the North Platte project, and are primarily under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior for use in connection with that project. The reservation of such lands as an addition to the Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge is subject to the use thereof by the said Department for irrigation and incidental purposes. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 30, 1939.